Ventilated door.



F. M. SHELTON.

VENTILATED DOOR.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 26,1918.

l 9 l @7,369 Patented Aug. 8, 19M,

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RICHMOND, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HARRY E. PINNICK, OFRICHMOND, INDIANA.

VENTILATED DOOR.

To all whom it may concern.:

Beit knownthat I, FRANK M. SHELTON, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of Richmond, in the county of lVaync and State ofIndiana, have invented a new and useful Construction for VentilatedDoors, of which the following is a full, clear, and comprehensivespecification, being such as will enable others to construct the samewith exactitude.

This invention relates to improvements in doors for houses or otherpurposes, and the objects thereof, broadly speaking, are to pro. vide aventilated door which will be strong and durable in construction, lightin weight, neat and attractive in appearance,'and which can bemanufactured and sold at a comparatively low price.

A more particular object is to provide a veneered door the interior ofwhich may be constructed of scraps or small pieces of material, and thewhole overlaid with veneer. with air spaces throughout the interior ofthe door and with means for the air spaces to communicate with theoutside air in order to prevent. the door from warping and to preventthe veneer from inadvertently becoming detached from the body of thedoor by ,reason of changes in climatic condition or otherwise.

Other minor objects and particular advantages of my'inventionwwill besuggested in the course of the following description,

and that which is new will be set forth in the appended claims.

The preferred'manner for carrying out the objects ofmy invention in apractical manner, is shown in the accompanying drawings, in whichfFigure 1 vis a face view of one side of a 'door constructed inaccordancewith my invention. Fig.` 2 is an introspective view, showing the body ofthe door before the veneer. faces have been applied--,thereto.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section .of thehdoor, las taken on line 3 3of Fig. 1, and looking in the direction indicated by the arrows on saidline. Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken through the bottom rail of thedoor, and taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 2. Fig.-

5 is a horizontal section taken through one of the side stiles of thedoor, as taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a vertical section takenthrough one of the intermediate rails of the door, and taken 0n line'6-6 of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Auw. i8, 19114.

Application filed November 26, 1913. Serial No. 803,325.

Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a vertical section taken through the lupper rail ofthe door, and taken on line 7 7 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 8 is a plan view ofone ofthe vertical baars.

Similar indices denote like parts throughout the several views.

ln order that the construction vof my invention may be betterunderstood, and that the advantages thereof may be better appreciated,lwill now take up a detailed description thereof, in which l will setforth the invention as briefly and as comprehensively as l may. l

`rlhe body of my door is made up as follows: Numerals 1 and 2 denote thetwo vertical stiles, which are spaced apart, and they are connected attheir upper ends by the toprail 3, and they are connected at their loweiends by the bottom-rail/4. Said parts are secured together in suchmanner as to form a rigid and true frame. Connecting` the stiles land 2,at points between the top and the bottom rails, are a plurality ofinterlnediate rails 5, 6, 7 and 8, which are. secured at" their ends tothe said stiles. Formed in the lower edge of the rail 3, between thestiles 1 and 2 is a channel a, shown in Fig. 7.I And likewise a channelt is formed in thev upper edge of the .rail 4, which extends between theStiles l and 2, said channelb being shown in Fig. 4. ln the upper edgeof each of the intermediate rails there is formed a channel d, shown inFigs. and 6; and likewise a channel'e is formed in the lower edge ofeach of the intermediate rails,

as shown in Fig. 6. The channels Z and e also extend from stile 1 tostile 2.

A plurality of bars 9 extend vertically between the rail 3 and the rail5. A plurality of bars 10 extend vertically between the rails 5 and 6. Aplurality of bars 11 extend vertically between the rails 6 and 7. Also aplurality of bars 12 extend vertically between the rails 7 and 8. And aplurality of bars 13 extend vertically between the rail 8 and thebottom-rail 4. All of the said vertical bars are identical with eachother, each being formed withatongue on each end there- 'indicated inyFig. 3, and in various other l places in the drawings the spaces betweenthe yvertical bars are indicated by the infl dice f. The tongues of saidbars are of such length that they will not close the said channels inthe rails, that is the length of said tongues is less than the depth of.said channels, thereby providing longitudinal air channels extending thefull length of said rails after the bars'are in position in the door.The said longitudinal air channels being connected with the spaces fbetween the bars. f

Formed vertically through the center of each of the rails 3 and 4 is anair aperture, 14- and 15 respectively; and corresponding airapertures16, 17, 18, and 19 are formed 'vertically through the center of each ofthe intermediate rails 5, 6, 7 and 8, respectiyely, 'as indicated by,"dotted lines in Fig. 2.

After all of the parts above speciiied are connected together, as inFig.2, then the two sides of the body are covered over, each with asingle sheet of veneering 2O and 21, which are glued or otherwisesecured in position whereby they adhere to the various stiles,.

rails, and bars, thereby completing the construction. v

Fromthe above it will be observed that Ithere are'two air passagesleading into the door, one from the top and one from the bottom, throughwhich air may pass in and out -and circulate throughout the interior ofthe door, passing through the various channels and through all of thespaces between the various bars.

I desire that it be understood that variouschanges may be made in thedetails of construction and the various proportions of the parts and inthe size, location, and number, of the various apertures, channels, andspaces, without departing from the'spirit of my invention and Withoutsacrificing or disj claiming any of the principles thereof.

Having now fully shown and described my invention, what I claim, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of othe United States, is y y 1. Aventilated ,door comprising a body composed of stiles and rails formingla frame', a plurality of spaced-apart bars con-l necting the rails,there being air passages formed through the ralls and connecting withall of the spaces between the bars, and

veneering the door.

Q. A ventilated door comprising a body composed of Stiles and rails,intermediate covering each side of the bodyi-of rails connecting thestiles, a plurality of n spaced-apart bars connecting the rails, therebeing air-channels in and extending longitudinally of the rails, andconnecting with the spaces between the bars there also being R. E.HANDLE, ROBERT W. HANDLE,-

